Imaginary Garden's Gift

I did a prompt for Imaginary Garden, about a gift.  The gift is your view of the written word, art in any form, nature, whatever your muse pulls you towards.  We are to write a poem about the gift and share it.

I have so many loves, nature especially. I highlight nature often in my poetry. This time I thought about the gift of poetry.  I think of photography as visual poetry, a frozen moment, recaptured mood, etc. I see poetry in a smile, in one's hands, in a caress. Poetry for me, is a way to paint with words.


Tall trees surround glass-enclosed porch
etched light refracts mood's geometry
Aperture opens
sensory switchboard overloads
labels removed
redecorate your still life
words paint like wind
warm and welcome
sometimes harsh and cold
emotions spiral in a sea of stars
capture the crystalline jewels
rearrange the hard edges
darkness can pummel fragile air
time blurs dark shadows into
shades of gray
Lift rug as dust billows
memories broom sweeps
new worlds within